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These are extremely insightful, but cheap labor (#5) should be moved up to #1. It could possibly stand alone. I know a lot of budding entrepreneurs and hackers
by aspir 16y ago
These are extremely insightful, but cheap labor (#5) should be moved up to #1. It could possibly stand alone. I know a lot of budding entrepreneurs and hackers who can survive on 20 hours a week at a typical job, which frees up so much time for work. I guarentee that each of these areas has done some sort of government speding other than the military, education, and life sciences sectors to boost it as well.
- aspir 16y ago*I forgot to include that I live in the Oklahoma City area, which is how I know the 20hr/wk people. Myself included.
- enjo 16y agoThat's more cost-of-living than cheap labor is it not? When they're talking about cheap labor I suspect their not really talking about professionals either. The Baton Rouges, Little Rocks, and yes Oklahoma Cities of the world also have a much lower rate of college education in common. They have large swaths of blue collar workforce willing to work for cheap. I know, for instance, that a couple of overseas car manufacturers have opened up plants in Arkansas for this very reason.
- aspir 16y agoI think you are correct with that one. I was thinking cost to maintain as a freelance or entrepreneurial hacker rather than traditional laborers.